Ten (More) Climate Crisis Demands For The Biden (Obama) Administration
Twelve years ago, on the cusp of a new administration, I crafted a list to save the world from climate crisis. Here we go again (again).
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Prince Handles Helen, Obama, Chuck D, Animaniacs
Look who popped up, from the beyond.
Solar Powers Disaster Recovery in Nepal
A new global warming normal.
Obama Administration Recruits Vets for Solar
From 10 to 20 military bases, and counting.
SunShot Initiative Invests Another $59 Million
With the price of oil cratering, throw millions at solar power to see what works.
Obama’s Solar Initiatives Aim to Slash Emissions
The sunshine hits keep on coming for President Barack Obama’s administration.
Obama Administration Invests $60 Million In Solar Technology
The U.S. government has managed to scrape together $60 million for essential research and development.
A Tale of Two Trials: Bradley Manning and Robert Bales
This appeal for sense and decency has been syndicated at HuffPo. One is the constitutional trial of the century so far, which started Monday but may forever reshape how we […]
Bushed Again: New Orleans, Mr. O and Mr. Go
[Greg Palast] Five years ago this week, a beast drowned New Orleans. Don’t blame Katrina: the lady never, in fact, touched the city. The hurricane swept east of it. You […]
Colbert Would Pwn Obama, Says White House
How much do I dig Stephen Colbert’s viral hyperreality? Enough to write about him every chance I get. So when White House press secretary Robert Gibbs actually comes out and […]
Copenhagen: The Courage to Say No
[Naomi Klein, The Nation] On the ninth day of the Copenhagen climate summit, Africa was sacrificed. The position of the G-77 negotiating bloc, including African states, had been clear: a […]
Supremes OK Al Qaeda donation for Palin?
[Greg Palast, Morphizm] I thought that headline would get your attention. And it’s true. I’m biting my nails waiting for the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election […]
Obama’s Bad Influence
[Naomi Klein, The Nation] Of all the explanations for Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize, the one that rang truest came from French President Nicolas Sarkozy. “It sets the seal on […]
Obama, Du Bois, Hitler: Silence Gives Consent
[Amy Bass, Morphizm] History is never about the past. It wasn’t then. It isn’t now. In the midst of a lot of people who don’t seem to understand this, Barney […]
Questions Swirl Around Medical Mess
[Viggo Mortensen, Perceval Press] In the U.S.A., at this time when at least an incremental step is being considered by Congress toward legally guaranteeing that all citizens have some form […]
Pushing Forward Back
[Viggo Mortensen, Perceval Press] The White House wants to “look forward, not back”. That is the stated reason given (again) by President Obama’s Administration for not wishing to examine evidence […]
Welcome, Obama!
[Optimism as rendered in all caps, by Viggo — ST] [Viggo Mortensen, Perceval Press] WELCOME, PRESIDENT OBAMA! LET’S HOPE THAT THE DAYS WHEN CRIMINAL U.S. ADMINISTRATIONS ARE REPACKAGED AND REHABILITATED […]
Show Obama The Money
[Scott Thill, Morphizm] UPDATE: My fine fellow journos at the Huffington Post have syndicated this post there. Hop on, stir it up, spread the noise. “This disaster is not set […]
Bill Richardson, Kissinger-American
[Greg Palast, Morphizm] Bill Richardson is out: Caught with his hand, if not exactly in the cookie jar, at least you could say his sticky finger was near it. I’m […]
Sorry, Bill Richardson. My Bad.
I feel like a jerk. I wrote a hopeful piece about Bill Richardson, president-elect Barack Obama’s selection for the Department of Commerce, for AlterNet. Sure, it was also about Richardson’s […]
Memo For Obama: Save Our Earth
Let’s be real: Barack Obama can’t change the world on his own.
Obama’s “Way To Go, Brownie” Moment
[Greg Palast, Morphizm] Has Barack Obama forgotten, “Way-to-go, Brownie”? Michael Brown was that guy from the Arabian Horse Association appointed by George Bush to run the Federal Emergency Management Agency. […]
Let Them Eat Hummers
UPDATE: My pals at the Huffington Post have syndicated this entry. Hop on and post a comment, if you feel so inclined. They love the love, and so do I. […]
In Praise of a Rocky Transition
[Naomi Klein, Morphizm] The more details emerge, the clearer it becomes that Washington’s handling of the Wall Street bailout is not merely incompetent. It is borderline criminal. In a moment […]
Bring The Bush Administration to Justice
[Viggo Mortensen, Morphizm] Dear President-Elect Obama, Please do all that you honestly can to bring to justice Dick Cheney, David Addington, John Yoo, William “Jim” Haynes, Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Paul […]